bunábhar

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, fundamental, original, elementary”) +‎ ábhar (“matter, material”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌɑːvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌɑːwəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌæːwəɾˠ/

Noun

bunábhar m (genitive singular bunábhair, nominative plural bunábhair)

1. raw material, staple, feedstock
2. basic subject (in school, etc.)
3. substance, main outlines (of literary work)

Declension

Declension of bunábhar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bunábhar bunábhair vocative a bhunábhair a bhunábhara genitive bunábhair bunábhar dative bunábhar bunábhair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bunábhar na bunábhair genitive an bhunábhair na mbunábhar dative leis an mbunábhar don bhunábhar leis na bunábhair

Synonyms

• (raw material): amhábhar

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunábhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bunábhar	bhunábhar	mbunábhar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunábhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “feedstock”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025